Photo: Rwxrwxrwx · CC BY-SA 3.0Harmonstown is older than 87% of Irish towns: a median age of 41.6
Set against 78% across Ireland’s towns, 89% of residents describe themselves as White Irish in Harmonstown. At the 2022 Census, 5,769 people lived in the neighbourhood, in 2,117 households. Locally, 4.2% of households live in a flat or apartment. On shared households of unrelated adults, Harmonstown sits lower than 85% of Irish towns: 2.8%.
What stands out about the people of Harmonstown
Older than most towns
Half of Harmonstown’s residents are under 41.6 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 19% are 65 or over, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Harmonstown changed by +4% from 2016 to 2022, behind 76% of Irish towns
Residents at the 2016 and 2022 censuses, on 2022 boundaries, and the change beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Change, 2016 to 2022
CSO publishes yearly population estimates for counties and regions, not towns, so the trend is two censuses rather than a line; 2016 ages aren’t on 2022 boundaries, so there is no change by age.
Across Ireland’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +8%; across Co. Dublin’s towns, by more than +6%.
19% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 84% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 40–44: 8% of residents. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 12%, fewer than in 56% of Irish towns. By way of comparison, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. In Dalkey, the oldest of Co. Dublin’s towns by this measure, it is 29%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Harmonstown, 41.6. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Harmonstown ranks below 88% of Irish towns on residents who moved in within the year: 4.7%
CSO’s social classes (everyone, by their own or their family’s occupation), the occupations of those at work, and where residents lived a year before the Census.
Residents by social class · all residents
Where residents lived a year earlier
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Workers by occupation · residents at work
By occupation, administrative and secretarial are over-represented: 15%, against a typical 9.8%. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across Ireland’s towns: 7.5%.
Households of parents with children make up 40% in Harmonstown, less than in 64% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Dublin’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
The share of one-person households tops 57% of Irish towns: 26%. As a yardstick, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns. Households here average 2.7 people each.
More households without a car or van than 65% of Irish towns: 20%
Home types, cars and the internet, by household. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
Internet at home · share of households
At home, 92% have broadband, while 7% have no internet access (typical: 7.6%). Households without a car or van: 17% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. Census figures put holiday homes at 0.1% in Harmonstown.
The midpoint household income is €63,590 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Harmonstown’s households have a gross income above €63,590 a year, 6% above the median for Ireland (€60,120). In Co. Dublin overall, the median comes to €71,120.
A smaller share of residents born outside Ireland than 91% of Irish towns: 13%
Place of birth and citizenship as CSO asks them: born abroad includes Irish citizens born abroad.
Born abroad, by birthplace · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
Citizens of another country, by citizenship; CSO counts dual Irish citizens as Irish.
Other languages · share of all residents
CSO’s small-area tables don’t give the year people arrived.
Residents born abroad were most often born outside the EU and UK (4.5%), then in the UK (4%). 8% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 87% of Irish towns. Typically, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Daily Irish outside education: 2.3% of residents
Residents aged 3 and over who can speak Irish, and how often they speak it outside education (CSO).
Irish speakers · residents aged 3 and over
Within Co. Dublin, Monkstown has the largest share, 2.5%. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education is 1.1%.
A higher share of residents who said they are Catholic than 65% of Irish towns, at 73%
Ethnic or cultural background and religion, in CSO’s categories, as people described themselves.
Ethnic groups other than White Irish · all residents
White Irish, not charted: 89% of Harmonstown · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion is 19%, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. Next after White Irish come Other White (6.9%), Asian or Asian Irish (1.9%) and Other, including mixed (1.5%).
More unpaid carers than 87% of Irish towns: 6.4% of residents
Marital status of residents 15 and over, and unpaid carers.
Partnership status · residents 15 and over
The small-area tables count carers, not their hours of care.
Married residents 15 and over make up 35%, against 34% across Ireland’s towns. Across the comparison, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of adults with a degree or higher than 65% of Irish towns, at 30%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for just over one in ten adults; primary level or less for 15% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). On average, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
In its size band (5,226 to 6,355), the 7th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Ages run from 25.6 in Gillabbey to 45.4 in Sutton. Nearest to Harmonstown in age: Garryowen (40.9), Ballyboden (41.5), Ayrfield (41.7) and Kinsale (41.8).
Older than Harmonstown: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmonstown | 5,769 | — | 41.6 | 19% | 40% |
| Edenmore | 2,831 | 0.8 km | 44.1 | 24% | 40% |
| Ayrfield | 5,863 | 1.5 km | 41.7 | 20% | 43% |
| Clontarf East | 18,626 | 1.7 km | 42.5 | 20% | 41% |
| Beaumont | 19,072 | 1.9 km | 42.9 | 23% | 39% |
| Darndale | 14,675 | 2.0 km | 36.1 | 13% | 48% |
| Donaghmede | 9,616 | 2.0 km | 43.8 | 23% | 41% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Dublin’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Dublin’s towns of 2,500 or more and over the Irish towns of 2,500 or more (city totals left out). Percentiles are within Ireland only.
- The earlier population is an estimate. Towns had no official 2016 count on today’s boundaries, so the 2016 figure is CSO’s electoral-division count shared out by where people lived in 2022: read a small town in a large rural division loosely.
- What these tables don’t give. The small-area tables give no year of arrival and no hours of care, and a town’s electoral divisions run past its edge, so the page doesn’t split a town into named areas (a city lists its neighbourhoods).
- The census’s own words. Born abroad, citizenship, ethnic or cultural background and religion are CSO’s questions and categories; the page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas
Questions about Harmonstown’s residents
What is the population of Harmonstown?
Harmonstown had 5,769 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Harmonstown?
The median age is 41.6, older than 87% of Irish towns. 21% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Harmonstown?
37% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (2,017 people), and 2.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Harmonstown?
89% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 13% were born abroad and 8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Harmonstown?
73% are Catholic, 19% have no religion and 7.4% another religion; 3.2% didn’t say.
Is Harmonstown good for families?
40% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 21% of residents are under 18. Schools near Harmonstown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Harmonstown?
Median gross household income in Harmonstown was €63,590 in 2022, against €71,120 across Co. Dublin and €60,120 for Ireland.
Sources: CSO, Census of Population 2022, Small Area Population Statistics · CSO PxStat FP009 (2016 by electoral division) · CSO GPIIA, household income 2022 · Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).